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- This invention relates to the manufacture of metal-ceramic composites having a high tensile modulus, good ductility, toughness, formability, and machinability, and more particularly, to light-weight, metal-matrix composites, including uniformly distributed ceramic particles which increase the mechanical properties of the composite without significantly reducing its ductility and machinability.
- MMCs Metal matrix composites
- MMCs are metals or alloys strengthened with tiny inclusions of another material which inhibit crack growth, and increase performance. MMCs have mechanical properties that are superior to those of most pure metals, some alloys, and most polymer-matrix composites, especially at high temperatures. The ability to tailor both mechanical and physical characteristics of MMCs is a unique and important feature of these materials.
- MMCs are known to have higher strength-to-density ratios and higher stiffness-to-density ratios with better fatigue resistance than most unreinforced metals and some polymer matrix composites.
- matrixes and reinforcements Numerous combinations of matrixes and reinforcements have been attempted since work on metal matrix composites began in the late 1950's.
- the most important matrix materials have been aluminum, titanium, magnesium, copper, and superalloys.
- Particular metal matrix composites that have been employed in the art have included aluminum matrixes containing boron, silicon carbide, alumina, or graphite in continuous fiber, discontinuous fiber, whisker, or particulate form.
- Magnesium, titanium, and copper have also been used as matrix metals with similar ceramic inclusions.
- superalloy matrixes have been impregnated with tungsten wires to provide greater creep resistance at extremely high temperatures, such as those found in jet turbine engines.
- Fabrication methods are an important part of the design process for MMCs. Considerable work is underway in this critical area, and significant improvements in existing processes appear likely. Current methods can be divided into two major categories: primary and secondary fabrication methods. Primary fabrication methods are used to create the metal matrix composite from its constituents. The resulting material may be in the form that is close to the desired final configuration, or it may require considerable additional processing, called secondary fabrication. Some of the more popular secondary fabrication methods include forming, rolling, metallurgical bonding, and machining.
- MMCs One of the more successful techniques for producing MMCs, first suggested by Toyota for making pistons in 1983, is by infiltrating liquid metal into a fabric or prearranged fibrous configuration called a preform. Frequently, ceramic and/or organic binder materials are used to hold the fibers in position. The organic materials are then burned off before or during metal infiltration, which can be conducted under a vacuum, positive pressure, or both.
- squeeze-casting One commonly employed pressure infiltration technique, which is known to reduce porosity in the final composite, is referred to as squeeze-casting.
- the squeeze-casting process usually consists of placing a fiber or whisker preform in a cavity of a die, adding molten metal, and infiltrating the preform with the metal by closing the die and applying high pressure with a piston.
- the process is typically used for near net shaped parts of small dimensions. See Siba P. Ray and David I Yun, "Squeeze-Cast Al 2 O 3 /Al Ceramic-Metal Composites," Ceramic Bulletin, Vol. 70, No. 2 (1991).
- Ceramic matrix composites can be manufactured using preforms composed of alumina particles of 0.2 micron average particle size and including 14 to 48% open pores, this disclosure is limited to the production of ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) having severely limited toughness, ductility, and machinability.
- CMCs ceramic-matrix composites
- Their set-up requires the use of expensive, heavy-walled dies and presses designed to withstand large pressure differentials, such as a 1,500-ton press.
- the suggested rolling or extrusion techniques help to spread the now broken ceramic preforms more randomly throughout the composite; however, the result is far from a uniform distribution on a microscopic scale. Since the sintered ceramic rods are likely to be fractured in a non-uniform manner during the mechanical forming step, the resulting composite may contain concentrated, or agglomerated ceramic regions, which could limit the resulting composite's properties.
- this reference teaches that greater porosity in the close-packed particles can be provided, since the gaps between the particles are not filled by significantly smaller particles. It is this porosity volume fraction that is relied upon to permit the low pressure force to cause the molten liquid to infiltrate the loose layers of ceramic particles.
- the particles are loose and not sintered, they tend to agglomerate and randomly orient themselves during metal infiltration. This results in a relatively non-uniform distribution of particles throughout the matrix. Despite the expedient of using less pressure, therefore, the composite produced by infiltrating loose particles fails to achieve its full ductility and strength.
- Metal-matrix composites are not without other well-recognized drawbacks.
- the ceramic inclusions used to strengthen these composites are extremely hard, and are difficult to machine using conventional techniques. This results in serious tool-wear problems when the composite is machined into its final configuration. In some cases, the tool-wear becomes such a serious problem, that manufacturers resort to near-net shape manufacturing techniques, such as die casting and squeeze-casting, and the like, where machining is kept to a minimum, or is eliminated altogether.
- near-net shape manufacturing techniques such as die casting and squeeze-casting, and the like
- This invention provides metal-matrix composites and methods for their manufacture.
- the methods of this invention include providing a ceramic preform containing ceramic particles of average particle size, i.e. its diameter or largest cross-sectional dimension, no greater than about 3 microns. These tiny ceramic particles are distributed uniformly throughout the preform and are sintered to one another so that at least about one half of the volume of the preform is occupied by porosity.
- the inventive method includes the steps of placing the ceramic preform into a mold and contacting it with a molten metal. The molten metal is then forced into the preform so as to penetrate therethrough and occupy the pores. Finally, the molten metal is solidified to form a solid metal-matrix composite.
- the resulting composite is machineable, and preferably, can be machined with a high-speed steel (HSS) tool bit for greater than about 1 minute without excessive wear to the bit.
- HSS high-speed steel
- this invention combines the high strength, stiffness, and wear resistance of ceramics with the machinability, toughness, and formability of metals.
- a small characteristic reinforcement size of less than about 3 microns, and preferably less than about 1 micron, in conjunction with a large volume fraction of porosity and a substantially uniform distribution of ceramic particles in a sintered preform are all employed to provide these composites.
- the composites of this invention provide improved room and elevated temperature strengths, increased modulus, and, unexpectedly, excellent machinability and ductility, even at high ceramic loadings. These composites have been machined using only high-speed steel (HSS) milling, drilling, and tapping tooling without experiencing any difficulty. Excellent surface finishes were produced.
- HSS high-speed steel
- the MMCs of this invention exhibit high strength at room and elevated temperatures, since the small reinforcement size and interparticle spacing meets the criteria for dispersion strengthening.
- the small uniformly distributed ceramic particles permit the composite to behave much more like a metal than a typical MMC, permitting their use in applications requiring greater ductility, toughness, and formability.
- the particular metal infusion procedures of this invention are adaptable to multiple alloy and ceramic pairings and permit greater latitude for increasing the tensile modulus, as loadings approach 50 vol. %.
- Specific reinforcement ceramics and volume fractions can be selected which will permit designable engineered properties dictated by the application, including high elastic modulus, strength, and ductility.
- preform porosities within the range of about 50 to 80 vol. %, a minimum preform compressive strength of about 500 psi, and the selection of preferred ceramic and metal alloy combinations for providing light-weight, high modulus composites.
- very low gas pressures can be used instead of a piston, to permit greatly facilitated processing of these composites without large capital expenditures.
- These processes can produce both bulk billets and near-net shape articles made from submicron sized particles by using pressures of less than about 3,000 psi. These processes are therefore inexpensive, and employ readily-available raw materials and otherwise standard liquid metal infusion techniques. All of these expedients can be accomplished by using a very uniform distribution of small reinforcement ceramics in a preform having readily infiltrated porosity.
- FIG. 1 is a photomicrograph taken at 35,000 ⁇ magnification of an alumina-reinforced aluminum matrix composite manufactured by the preferred liquid metal infiltration techniques disclosed herein.
- Machinable metal-matrix composites are provided by this invention which are derived from combining ceramic particles of no greater than about 3 microns with molten metal in an extremely uniform manner.
- ceramic particles preferably of submicron size, and distributing them throughout a metal-matrix so as to avoid agglomeration, both high ductility and strength can be provided to the composite without limiting machinability.
- at least 80% of the ceramic particles are uniformly distributed on a scale of three times the particle diameter or largest cross-sectional dimension, and more preferably, at least 90% of the ceramic particles are uniformly distributed on a scale of twice the particle diameter or largest cross-sectional dimension. (Such measurements are made by microscopic inspection of two-dimensional polished samples.
- MMCs metal-matrix composites
- This invention contemplates employing ultra-high strength metal matrixes including those having a yield strength of about 70 to 2,000 MPa.
- metals include, for example, cobalt and its alloys, martensitic stainless steels, nickel and its alloys, and low-alloy hardening steels.
- High strength metals and alloys are also potential candidates for the matrixes of this invention, including tungsten, molybdenum and its alloys, titanium and its alloys, copper casting alloys, bronzes, coppers, niobium and its alloys, and superalloys containing nickel, cobalt, and iron.
- Medium strength metals and alloys can also be considered, including hafnium, austenitic stainless steels, brasses, aluminum alloys between 2,000 and 7,000 series, beryllium-rich alloys, depleted uranium, magnesium alloys, silver, zinc die casting alloys, coppers, copper nickels, copper-nickel-zincs, and other metals having a yield strength of about 40 to 690 MPa.
- this invention optionally employs low strength, low density alloys for the matrixes of this invention.
- Such metals are represented by gold, cast magnesium alloys, platinum, aluminum alloys of the 1,000 series, lead and its alloys, and tin and its alloys. These materials have a yield strength of only about 5 to 205 MPa.
- this invention employs light-weight metals and those which are relatively inexpensive and widely available, such as aluminum, lithium, beryllium, lead, tin, magnesium, titanium, and zinc, and metals which have superior electrical properties, such as copper, silver, and gold. All of these selections can be provided in commercially pure, or alloyed, form. Specific alloys which have been recognized to have particular usefulness in MMCs include Al-1 Mg-0.6 Si, Al-7 Si-1 Mg, Al-4.5 Cu, Al-7 Mg-2 Si, and Al-Fe-V-Si.
- alloys and commercially pure metals can be employed to produce the matrixes of this invention, a pure metal is the matrix of choice, since ceramic dispersion strengthening is all that is required for improved properties.
- a pure metal also offers enhanced corrosion resistance over alloys, and eliminates the effects of overaging of precipitates. Pure metals also boost elevated temperature capability by increasing the homologous melting point over comparable alloys. Finally, pure metals eliminate the difficulties associated with microsegregation and macrosegregation of the alloying elements in non-eutectic alloys during solidification.
- the ceramic or second phase constituents of the metal matrix composites of this invention are desirably of a size which does not interfere with machining by HSS tooling. It has been discovered that machinability can be preserved only if these ceramic particles are less than about 3 microns, although this invention preferably employs a size range of about 0.01 to 0.5 microns.
- the ceramic particles should be thermally and chemically stable for the time and temperature of the particle fabrication process and environmental conditions of service.
- Exemplary second phase ceramic candidates include borides, carbides, oxides, nitrides, silicates, sulfides, and oxysulfides of elements which are reactive to form ceramics, including, but not limited to, transition elements of the third to sixth groups of the Periodic Table.
- Particularly useful ceramic-forming or intermetallic compound-forming constituents include aluminum, titanium, silicon, boron, molybdenum, tungsten, niobium, vanadium, zirconium, chromium, hafnium, yttrium, cobalt, nickel, iron, magnesium, tantalum, thorium, scandalum, lanthanum, and the rare earth elements.
- More exotic ceramic materials include titanium diboride, titanium carbide, zirconium diboride, zirconium disilcide, and titanium nitride.
- Carbon-based ceramics can also be useful as the ceramic phase, including natural and synthetic diamonds, graphite, fullerenes, diamond-like graphite, etc. Certain ceramics, because of their availability, ease of manufacture, low cost, or exceptional strength-inducing properties, are most desirable. These include Al 2 O 3 , SiC, B 4 C, MgO, Y 2 O 3 , TiC, graphite, diamond, SiO 2 , ThO 2 , and TiO 2 . These ceramic particles desirably have an aspect ratio of no greater than about 3:1, and preferably no greater than about 2:1, but can be represented by fibers, particles, beads, and flakes, for example. However, particles are preferred for machinability.
- the ceramic reinforcements of this invention can have aspect ratios ranging from equiaxed, to platelets and spheredized configurations.
- the particle size distribution can range from mono-sized, to a gausean distribution, or a distribution having a wide tail at fine sizes. These particles can be mixed using a variety of wet and dry techniques, including ball milling and air abrasion.
- the preferred binders employed in connection with the ceramic reinforcements can include: inorganic colloidal and organic binders, such as, sintering binders, low temperature (QPAC), and high temperature colloidal binders.
- inorganic colloidal and organic binders such as, sintering binders, low temperature (QPAC), and high temperature colloidal binders.
- binders have included polyvinyl alcohol, methyl cellulose, colloidal alumina, and graphite.
- Metal-matrix composites made in accordance with this invention and containing one or more of the above metals, alloys, and ceramic particles, can be fabricated into many useful configurations for a variety of applications. Some of the more interesting applications appear below in TABLE I.
- the performance of the resulting composites of this invention is intimately linked to the uniformity of the preform used in the preferred metal infiltration procedures.
- These preforms can be made by a variety of procedures including sediment casting, injection molding, gel casting, slip casting, isopressing, ultrasonic techniques, filtering, extruding, pressing, and the like.
- colloidal processing is employed to make the preforms.
- Volatile additions and controlled agglomeration of the slurries can be used to adjust particle volume fraction within the desired ranges.
- the preform is preferably dried, or fired. This can be accomplished by microwave processing, freeze drying, or air/inert gas firing. Test bars can also be prepared along with the preform so that a determination of the modulus of rupture, or tensile properties, can be evaluated prior to pressure infiltration. A target compressive strength of at least about 500 psi, and preferably about 700 to 1,200 psi, is desirable for the sintered preform.
- the preforms of this invention are ideally pressure infiltrated with liquid metal to produce billets or shaped articles.
- Pressure infiltration can include all types of liquid metal infiltration (LMI) processes, including: inert gas pressure techniques, squeeze casting, and die casting, etc.
- LMI liquid metal infiltration
- inert gas pressure infiltration is employed. This technique includes the key steps of: evacuation of the preform prior to infiltration, adequate pressure control for infiltration without preform disruption, and directional solidification under pressure to feed solidification shrinkage.
- Applicants have evaluated the preferred loading ranges for the MMCs of this invention, and have determined that a 15 vol. % ceramic loading improves the modulus of commercially pure aluminum and magnesium by about 30%. A 25 vol. % of ceramic particles improves the modulus by about 50 to 60%, and a 55 vol. % ceramic loading improves the modulus by about 100%, but ductility begins to suffer. Ceramic loadings of up to 45 vol. % produced MMCs which were machined with high speed steel without significant wear. It was further noted that when ceramic particles exceeded about 3 microns, the machinability of the MMC decreased dramatically. With respect to the volume fraction, it was further noted that ceramic loadings greater than about 50% significantly lowered the ductility of the composite, and loadings significantly below 15 vol. % produced no significant modulus boost. Lower loadings were also very difficult to infiltrate, since the preforms were too weak to sustain infiltration pressures without disruption.
- a composite material was prepared having a commercially pure Al matrix including 25 vol. % Al 2 O 3 , about 0.2 micron average particle size on a population basis.
- the raw materials were weighed out as follows:
- Carrier POLAR distilled water, Polar Water Company, 1205.8 grams.
- Colloidal Binder Inorganic NYACOL, AL20, high temperature coating/binder, Nyacol Products, Inc., 86.0 grams.
- This mixture was combined in a mill using the following mill parameters: slurry solids content of 10% and mill fill level of 30%.
- the slurry batch was milled for about 23 to 25 hours, removed from the mill, and disposed in a pressure filtration unit.
- the slurry was filtrated at 350 psi for about 36 to 60 hours.
- the green preform was removed from the filtration unit. It was measured to have dimensions of about 4.9 cm in diameter ⁇ 12 cm long.
- the green preform had a reinforcement loading of about 22 vol. %.
- the green preform was then dried at ambient conditions until a weight loss of at least about 25 wt. % had been achieved. This took about five days.
- the dry preform was then placed in a furnace and fired according to the following schedule:
- the fired preform had a loading of about 25 vol. % of sintered ceramic particles. It was removed and inspected, and a weight loss of about 40 wt. % was noted. This weight loss insured that all filler material had been removed.
- a mild steel infiltration crucible was then prepared by coating with a graphite wash coating DAG 154 Graphite Lubricating/Resistance Coating, available from Achesion Colloids Company.
- the interior of the crucible was then lined with GRAFOIL graphite paper, Grade GTB available from UCAR Carbon Company, Inc.
- the fired preform was then inserted into the lined crucible and a preform support rod was inserted to prevent floating.
- the crucible was then inserted into the pressure infiltration unit, which was custom built.
- the pressure infiltration unit was evacuated, and then preheated using the following heat cycle:
- the unit was then vented, and the crucible was placed onto a water-cooled chill at the bottom of the pressure infiltration unit.
- the unit was once again repressurized to 1,000 psi for solidification.
- the mixture was permitted to cool for about one hour until directionally solidified.
- the sample was removed from the pressure infiltration unit, the crucible was cut off, and the alloy head was removed.
- FIG. 1 Under a scanning electron microscope, a fracture surface of one sample of the above composite was visually inspected at 35,000 ⁇ . The micrograph is shown in FIG. 1. The observed particle size was found to be about 0.05 to 0.4 microns, with 0.2 microns being typical, and an interparticle spacing of about 0.05 to 0.4 microns was measured.
- a composite material was prepared using an Al-2.5 Mg matrix having 25 vol. % fraction Al 2 O 3 particles, about 0.2 micron average particle size on a population basis, using the same procedure as described in Example I, except the matrix included 5052-H32 Al-2.5 Mg alloy, in the form of a 0.249 cm ⁇ 48 cm ⁇ 24 cm plate.
- the process parameters were identical, except the Al-2.5 Mg alloy was substituted for the commercially pure aluminum. No cover flux was used during melting of the alloy, and the hold temperature during infiltration was about 695° C. The following properties were obtained using some of the same testing procedures as disclosed in Example I:
- a composite material was prepared which included a commercially pure Al matrix including 40 vol. % Al 2 O 3 , 0.2 micron average particle size on a population basis.
- the raw materials of Example I were the same except for the fact that an organic binder, AIRVOL 540, polyvinyl alcohol, from Chemicals Group Sales of Air Products and Chemical, Inc. was employed, and a colloidal chemistry adjustment was made which included the addition of nitric acid, 69.0 to 71.0%, BAKER ANALYZED Reagent, HNO 3 , from VWR Scientific.
- the dried ingredients were weighed out as follow:
- Carrier POLAR Distilled Water, 920.7 grams.
- Micro 450 (M-450) graphite 104.5 grams.
- This mixture was combined in a similar milling procedure as was used in Example I with the following mill parameters: slurry solids content of 17.5% and mill fill level of 25%.
- the slurry batch was milled for about 23 to 25 hours, removed from the mill, and disposed in a pressure filtration unit.
- the slurry was filtrated at 350 psi for about 20 to 30 hours.
- the green preform 37 vol. % ceramic, was removed from the filtration unit. It was measured to have dimensions of 4.9 cm in diameter ⁇ 14 cm long.
- the green preform was then dried at ambient conditions until a weight loss of at least 23 wt. % had been achieved. This took about five days.
- the dried preform was then placed in a furnace and fired according to the following schedule:
- the fired preform had a loading of about 40 vol. % of sintered ceramic particles. It was removed and inspected, and a weight loss in excess of about 15 wt. % was noted.
- a mild steel infiltration crucible was then prepared, inserted into the infiltration unit and evacuated in accordance with substantially the same procedure as described for Example I.
- the unit was thereafter preheated using the following heat cycle:
- Example I Approximately 600 grams of commercially pure aluminum, as used above in Example I, was then melted, and inert gas infiltration was used to prepare a composite substantially in accordance with the procedures of Example I.
- a composite material was prepared having a commercially pure Mg matrix including 30 vol. % MgO ceramic particles, about 0.8 micron average particle size (about 0.2 micron after milling).
- the raw materials employed were the same as those used in Example I with the following exceptions: the reinforcement included MAGCHEM 20-M, technical grade magnesium oxide from Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties, Inc.; the carrier employed was denatured ethanol from E.K. Industries, Inc.; the organic binder was Bulls Eye Shellac, Clear Sealer and Finish, from Williams Zinsser & Co., Inc., and the matrix consisted of commercially pure magnesium, 99.8 wt. % magnesium, 1 pound sticks, 1.3 inch diameter ⁇ 12 inch in length.
- the raw materials were weighted out as follows:
- This mixture was combined in a mill using the following mill parameters: slurry solids content of 10% and mill fill level of 25%.
- the slurry batch was milled according to the milling procedures of Example I. When filtration was complete, the green preform was removed from the filtration unit. It was measured to have dimensions of about 4.9 cm diameter ⁇ 10 cm long. The green preform had a reinforcement loading of about 26 vol. %, and was then dried at ambient conditions until a weight loss of at least about 25 wt. % had been achieved. This took about five days.
- the dried preform was then placed in a furnace and fired according to the following schedule:
- the fired preform had a loading of about 29 vol. % of sintered ceramic particles. It was removed and inspected, and a weight loss of at least about 34 wt. % was noted.
- An infiltration crucible was prepared and set up substantially as described for Example I. Approximately 300 grams of matrix magnesium alloy was deposited on the top of the preform and preform support rod. The crucible was inserted into the pressure infiltration unit, the unit was evacuated and backfilled to an argon pressure of about 300 psi. The unit was then preheated using the following heat cycle:
- the unit was evacuated. After evacuation, it was pressurized with argon to about 2,150 psi and held for five minutes.
- the directional solidification and removal steps were substantially the same as those described above for Example I. Samples were prepared and a hardness value of 65 Rb was measured. Hot hardness values substantially paralleled the trend for the aluminum-matrix samples.
- Samples were prepared from the Al/25 vol. % Al 2 O 3 (Example I); Al/40 vol. % Al 2 O 3 (Example II); Al-2.5 Mg/25 vol. % Al 2 O 3 (Example III); and Mg/30 vol. % MgO (Example IV).
- Face milling and end milling was preformed with HSS tooling. No difficulty was experienced using approximately 30 sfm speeds and up to about 1/4 inch roughing cuts. The surface finish was good.
- Drilling was performed with uncoated regular-twist HSS drills without problems.
- the drill was operated at about 100 sfm. Drilling holes from about 1/32 inch diameter up to about 5/8 inch diameter were made with no apparent limitation in the depth.
- Tapping was performed with an uncoated 3 flute HSS tap, tapped by hand to sizes ranging from about 1/8 inch to about 3/4 inch course and fine threads. No difficulty was encountered.
- Samples prepared from the Al/25 vol. % Al 2 O 3 and Al-2.5 vol. % Mg/25 vol. % Al 2 O 3 were turned on a lathe at about 350 sfm using a solid carbide tool bit.
- the tool bit removed at least 6 cubic inches of material and operated for at least three hours without difficulty.
- An Al/40 vol. % Al 2 O 3 sample was turned on a lathe at about 350 sfm using a HSS tool bit.
- the tool bit removed at least about 3 cubic inches of material and operated for at least two hours without difficulty. Good to excellent surface finishes were obtained.
- Drilling was performed using a 356-T6 Al-matrix reinforced with 20 vol. % SiC (10 to 15 micron average particle size), (DURALCAN F3A.20S).
- the drilling operation was preformed with a 1/4 inch HSS drill bit using a hand drill. The drill bit penetrated about 1/4 inches and was dulled to the point where it required sharpening to be used again.
- An additional comparative sample was prepared by gas pressure infiltration of loose ceramic powder of 10 micron average particle size SiC and commercially pure Mg liquid metal.
- the resulting Mg/40 to 45 vol. % SiC composite was turned on a lathe using a solid carbide tool bit. The lathe cut for only a few seconds, when the bit began to dull and merely push the material.
- a further comparative sample was prepared using the same technique as described for Example VI with 3 micron average particle size SiC. An attempt was made to band saw the resulting Mg/40 to 45 vol. % SiC composite. The band saw quickly stopped in about 10 to 15 seconds without significant penetration into the matrix.
- this invention provides machinable, high modulus metal-matrix composites and metal infiltration techniques for preparing these composites.
- Critical parameters have been discovered which map the necessary ranges of volume fraction of porosity and particle size distribution necessary for low pressure metal infiltration and optimum mechanical properties.
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TABLE I ______________________________________ Representative Metal-Ceramic Composites and Potential Applications Matrix Fiber Potential Applications ______________________________________ Aluminum Graphite Satellite, missile, and helicopter structures Magnesium Graphite Space and satellite structures Lead Graphite Storage-battery plates Copper Graphite Electrical contacts and bearings Aluminum Boron Compressor blades and structural supports Magnesium Boron Antenna structures Titanium Boron Jet-engine fan blades Aluminum Borsic Jet-engine fan blades Titanium Borsic High-temperature structures and fan blades Aluminum Alumina Superconductor restraints in fusion-power reactors Lead Alumina Storage-battery plates Magnesium Alumina Helicopter-transmission structures Aluminum SiC High-temperature structures Titanium SiC High-temperature structures Superalloy SiC High-temperature engine (Co-base) engine components Superalloy Molybdenum High-temperature engine components Superalloy Tungsten High-temperature engine components ______________________________________
TABLE II ______________________________________ Approximate Physical Properties of Dispersion Strengthened Aluminum and Magnesium Aluminum Magnesium* 25% Alumina 20% Diamond ______________________________________ Density 3.00 g/cc 2.00 g/cc Tensile Strength 60 ksi 55 ksi Vickers Hardness 120 MPa 110 MPa Young's Modulus 18 msi 22 msi ______________________________________ *Proposed example
______________________________________ Ramp Ramp Hold Hold Ramp Rate Time Temp Time Seq. (°C./hr) (hr) (°C.) (hr) ______________________________________ 1/2 25 14 325 2 3/4 50 12 900 30 5/6 50 6 1,200 1.5 7/8 100 12 22 24 ______________________________________
______________________________________ Ramp Hold Hold Ramp Time Temp Time Seq. (hr) (°C.) (hr) ______________________________________ 1/2 2 200 0:05 3/4 8 700 2 ______________________________________
______________________________________ Hardness As extruded Rb 57 As solutionized (940 F./1 hr/WQ) Rb 59 Solutionized (940 F./1 hr/WQ) plus Rb 56 Age (400 F./2 hr/AC) ______________________________________ Hot Hardness Temperature, °F. Load, Kg BHN ______________________________________ RT 750 103 RT 500 99.3 300 500 68.7 500 500 46.1 600 500 41.6* ______________________________________ Tensile Properties Property RT 300° F. 500° F. ______________________________________ UTS-KSI 49.9 35.6 24.7 YS-KSI 29.5 27.5 22.9 % El. 11 11 12 % RofA 17 17 15.5 ______________________________________ Smooth Fatigue Stress, KSI Temperature, °F. Cycles to Failure X 10E6 ______________________________________ 20 500 0.335 15 500 0.690 10 500 187.5 ______________________________________ *Indentor bottomed
______________________________________ Test Uniform Plastic Temp Elongation Elongation U.T.S. Y.S. (°F.) % % (KSI) (KSI) ______________________________________ 77 6.33 6.514 56.47 46.66 200 5.20 8.68 48.64 38.43 300 4.78 16.2 39.77 10.21 77* 3.92 3.948 56.94 46.66 ______________________________________ *Tested after 300° F./100 hrs exposure
______________________________________ Ramp Ramp Hold Hold Ramp Rate Time Temp Time Seq. (°C./hr) (hr) (°C.) (hr) ______________________________________ 1/2 25 14 325 2 3/4 50 12 900 30 5/6 50 4 1,100 2 7/8 100 11 22 24 ______________________________________
______________________________________ Ramp Hold Hold Ramp Time Temp Time Seq. (hr) (°C.) (hr) ______________________________________ 1/2 2 200 0:05 3/4 8 700 2 ______________________________________
______________________________________ Ramp Ramp Hold Hold Ramp Rate Time Temp Time Seq. (°C./hr) (hr) (°C.) (hr) ______________________________________ 1/2 25 14 325 6 3/4 50 14 700 30 5/6 50 4 1,100 1 7/8 100 12 22 24 ______________________________________
______________________________________ Ramp Hold Hold Ramp Time Temp Time Seq. (hr) (°C.) (hr) ______________________________________ 1/2 2 200 0:05 3/4 8 705 2 ______________________________________
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